Why is the Gengzi year a bad year? What major events happened in the Gengzi year?

We all know that after the 2020 Spring Festival, we will officially enter the Year of the Rat. According to the twelve celestial stems and earthly branches, this year happens to be the Year of the Rat. Many major events in history have occurred in the Year of the Rat. Many people believe that as long as it is the Year of the Rat, it will not be a good year. Why do you think so?

Why is the Gengzi year unlucky?

Generally speaking, the Year of the Metal Rat and the Year of the Rat are difficult years. You should be especially careful when investing in stocks and financial management. The Reform Movement of 1898 took place in the Year of the Rat. The invasion and burning of the Old Summer Palace by the Eight-Nation Alliance also took place in the Year of the Rat. In particular, rat diseases occurred three times in humans, killing more than 100 million people in total.

However, it is too idealistic to say that a certain year is good or bad. The reason why the Gengzi Year is specifically mentioned by some netizens is probably because of some folk rumors, the Feng Shui of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and some historical events: the First Opium War in 1840, the Eight-Power Allied Forces entering Beijing in 1900, the difficult period in 1960, etc. In fact, many major events have happened in each year, some good and some bad. It is biased to pick out a few stones from a pile of beans and then assert that this pile of beans is bad.

For example, in 1960, the experimental liquid sounding rocket designed and manufactured by my country was successfully launched for the first time at the Nanhui simple launch site in Shanghai, flying at an altitude of 8 kilometers, taking the first step in China's sounding rocket technology.

What major events happened in the Gengzi year?

The Gengzi Year only comes once every sixty years, but the "Gengzi Year" has appeared many times in Chinese history. In 5,000 years, the Gengzi Year has appeared 83 times. In fact, major events happen almost every year, and they are not just in the Gengzi Year. Many friends are interested in the "Gengzi Year" because of modern history. The Gengzi Year was indeed not very smooth. For example, during the Qing Dynasty, the First Opium War took place in 1840. In the following Gengzi Year of 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded my country. In 1960, after the founding of New China, it was one of the three years of natural disasters in my country. So when the Gengzi Year is mentioned, everyone will be "scared to death".

Other Gengzi years in world history include: In 1780, the North American War of Independence expanded into an international anti-British war. A strong earthquake occurred in the Tabriz region, killing more than 200,000 people. In 1900, a great famine occurred in India, and millions of people starved to death. A wave of strikes broke out in Europe and the South African War broke out, with corpses everywhere. In 1960, 17 African countries successively declared independence, which was called the "Year of African Independence". The United States officially sent troops to intervene in the Vietnam War. A 9.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in Chile, breaking the human record, killing 140,000 people.

What is the Gengzi Year?

The Gengzi year is a concept in the ancient 60-year cycle. Gengzi and Xinchou are the same year. People born in these two years are all Nayin earth. The Gengzi year is also the year of the rat in the Chinese zodiac. Geng represents gold and Zi represents water. In terms of direction, Geng and Xin are gold in the west, and Zi is water in the north.

It is mainly related to the twelve heavenly stems and earthly branches. The heavenly stems are: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui. The earthly branches are: Zi (zodiac sign), Chou (ox), Yin (tiger), Mao (rabbit), Chen (dragon), Si (snake), Wu (horse), Wei (goat), Shen (monkey), You (rooster), Xu (dog), Hai (pig).

The ancients matched the ten heavenly stems with the twelve earthly branches in sequence to form sixty basic units. The two cooperated with each other in a fixed order, and were called differently every year. Sixty years was called a Jiazi, or a cycle. For example, the first year was called the "Jia Zi year" by using the first character of the heavenly stems, "Jia", and the first character of the earthly branches, "Zi". After the ten heavenly stems were matched, the cycle continued to the first character of the heavenly stems, Jia, and matched with the eleventh character of the earthly branches, Xu. The eleventh year was called the "Jia Xu year".

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In fact, something happens every month of every year, and then someone will make a summary and say what happened in XX year. In fact, this is just an ordinary year. Even the pneumonia incident actually happened in 2019. It is too far-fetched to force it into XX year. I simply can't stand the wanton spread of superstitious remarks. In their description, it seems that this year is shrouded in a curse, and it is destined that everyone will have a bad life. There is no need to make people panic. I believe that man can conquer nature and everything is in human hands.

Many people predicted that the Gengzi year would be full of disasters, causing panic among the people. In fact, there are natural disasters and man-made disasters in every year. In every disaster, there are survivors and victims. Remember to do good things without worrying about the future.